"Este libro se caracteriza por el manejo de ejercicios prácticos aplicados a los procesos logísticos de las empresas en general. Está conformado por seis capítulos donde (i) se encuentran los informes de las principales operaciones que se ejecutan a diario en los centros de distribución; (ii) las medidas de tendencias centrales a las actividades y operaciones ejecutadas a lo largo y ancho de la cadena de suministro; (iii) se interpretan las medidas de dispersión aplicadas a las tareas de operaciones y gestión de inventario y almacenamiento de mercancías; (iv) se aplican los indicadores estadísticos a los procesos de transporte y distribución de las cargas; (v) se analiza la importancia que tienen las operaciones logísticas con aplicaciones de herramientas estadísticas para la toma de daciones y la generación de valor; (vi) se hace una investigación con tablas y gráficas del almacenamiento y la distribución de los operadores logísticos para el mejoramiento continuo y, por último, (vii) se presentan una serie de ejercicios prácticos. Esta obra va dirigida a estudiantes técnicos y tecnólogos en gestión logística, coordinadores de procesos logísticos, en desarrollo de operaciones logística y en integración de procesos logísticos, así como a estudiantes de pregrado y profesionales en Administración de Empresas, Economía, Ingeniería Industrial y Administración Logística."

This top-selling book presents, in a straightforward, application-driven manner, the basic statistical techniques necessary for preparing individual business forecasts and long-range plans. The emphasis is on the application of techniques by management for decision-making. This essential book provides understandable coverage of several important topics, often omitted from other books, including econometrics; autocorrelation analysis and the use of Box-Jenkins techniques; judgmental forecasting techniques; and the means of selecting the correct forecasting technique and analyzing data. The book also reviews statistical concepts prior to introducing material that requires an understanding of those concepts. The sixth edition of Business Forecasting has been revised to include instructions on using Excel spreadsheets and the statistical package MINITAB in forecasting. An essential reference for every professional in a business of any size, from large corporations to small family-run firms.

City logistics is one of the most popular fields of transportation sciences, dealing with sustainably supplying cities and at the same time reducing congestion and pollution related to goods transport in urban areas. Recently, humanitarian, emergency, and crises logistics has been a subject of increasing interest, often seen from an international viewpoint. However, some of the recent natural crises have shown the importance of resilience and reliability of the current urban logistics systems. The Handbook of Research on Urban and Humanitarian Logistics is a critical scholarly publication that addresses urban logistics and resilience, sustainable urban logistics, humanitarian logistics in urban areas both for crisis or long-term, and planning for resilient urban development. Featuring a broad range of topics that discuss the new and future trends in urban logistics and resilient cities, this publication is ideal for public planners; urban planners; company managers in logistics and transport; consulting agencies; regional, national, and international institutions and organizations; researchers; academicians; and students.

The book "TransMath - Innovative Solutions from Mathematical Technology" has been conceived as a tool for the dissemination of scientific knowledge. This publication is addressed to those companies with innovation needs that could be met through mathematical technology. The book maps both existing and possible interactions and connections that enable technology transfer between Spanish mathematical research and industrial and business sectors. Businesses can determine the level of implementation and demand for such technology within their sector and understand the benefits and innovations achieved in other companies and industries with the application of mathematical techniques. The information is classified into eleven sectors of economic activity: Biomedicine & Health; Construction; Economics & Finance; Energy & Environment; Food; ICT; Logistics & Transport; Management & Tourism; Metal & Machinery; Public Administration; and Technical Services.

This edited book presents 18 papers on Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Latin America which emerged from the second SCALE Latin American Conference in 2018. The collection covers a variety of relevant topics in SCM&L for the region, and also addresses its lack of cases and applied examples.

exhaustive, specialized English-Spanish / Spanish-English dictionary covering all aspects of mathematics: applied mathematics, pure mathematics, statistics, algebra, arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, topology, probability, game theory, economic mathematics, mathematical logic - includes real-life example sentences illustrating the contextual environment of the entry